Steamer



.F. R. COLQUYITT ANDC. E. CHAPMAN STEAMER. APPLICATION FILED AUG-2, 1919.

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FRANK R. COLQUIT'I, or HUNTINGTON PARK, AND CLAUD E. CHAPMAN, or Los ANGELES, oALIFoRN'fA.

STEAMER.

Application filed August 2, 1919.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, FRANK R. CoL Urrr and CLAUD E. CHAPMAN, citizens of the United States, residing, respectively, at Huntington Park and at Los An eles, 1n the county of Los Angeles and tate of California, have invented a new and useful Steamer, of which the following is a specification. 1

This invention relates to a utensil for steaming articles of food, and the main object of the invention is to provide a utensil for this purpose which is simple and cheap in construction and efficient and durable in operation.

The accompanying drawings illustrate an embodiment of our invention, and referring thereto:

Figure 1 is a vertical section thereof, and Fig. 2 is a plan View, with the cover partly broken away. I

The invention comprises a receptacle at having an inner wall 1 and anr ijnner or upper bottom 2, and also having an outer wall 3 and an outer or lower bottom 4, forming a water and steam jacket 6 extending around and below the said receptacle; said inner and outer walls being connected at their upper ends by a web 6 which is preferably formed with a channel 7 which extends around the receptacle a and communicates therewith through slots or passages 8 provided at the upper end of inner wall 1, said channel also communicating with the water and steam jacket space 2 through openings 9 in web 6.

A spout 10 for charging and emptying the space I) of the device is formed as an integral projection from the outer wall 3, and a partition 11 extends downwardly from the adjacent part of said wall, forming a passage 12 which opens at its upper end into the spout 10 and at its lower end into the lower part of the jacket space 6.

The receptacle above described, including the inner and outer walls and bottoms and the connecting web is cast as a single casting of suitable metal, preferably aluminum, the space I) and passages 9 and 12 being formed by suitable core means. A strut 13 Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 1, 1920.

Serial No. 314,949.

Y device, adapted to fit tightly within an an nular shoulder 15 on the web 6, said cover having a rim portion 14 extending over the channel 7 in said web and resting on the upper end portions of inner wall 1, be-

tween the slots 8. The central portion of the cover is preferably raised as shown and is provided with a handle 16.

In using the steamer, water is poured into the spout 10 to charge the acket space 6 to any desired extent, for example, to the level indicated by line c--c in Fig. 1; and the articles to be steamed being placed in the receptacle and the cover put in place, the I steamer is placed on a stove or heater, and

steam is generated in the space 6, and passes through openings 9, groove 7 and passages 8 to the receptacle a so as to subject the contents of the receptacle to steaming action.

What we claim is:

1. A steamer formed as a single casting of metal having an inner wall and bottom forming a receptacle and'an outer wall and bottom forming a water and steam jacket extending below and around said receptacle, a web connecting the upper ends of said inner and outer walls and formed with a channel and with openings establishing communication from said water and steam jacket to said channel and with passages establishing communication from said channel to said receptacle, and a cover extending over said receptacle, said web having a shoulder fitting the rim. of said cover.

2. A steamer as set forth in claim 1 and in which said outer wall is formed with a spout and with a passage extending downwardly' from said spout to the lower part of said water and steam jacket. I g

3. A steamer comprising an inner 'wall and bottom forming a receptacle, an outer wall and bottom forming a steam acket extending below and around said receptacle, a web extending between the upperportions of said inner and outer walls and formed with a channel and with openings establishing communication from said jacket to said channel and with passages establishing communication from said channel to said receptacle, and a cover extending over said receptacle.

In testimony whereof we have hereunto 10 subscribed our names this 24th day of July, 

